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Air cushion   /ɛr kˈʊʃən/   Listen
Air cushion

noun
1.
The trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground.
2.
A mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion.  Synonym: air spring.
3.
A cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated.  Synonym: inflatable cushion.





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"Air cushion" Quotes from Famous Books



... term for sealed-enclosure magnetic-disk drives in which the read-write head planes over the disk surface on an air cushion. There is a legend that the name arose because the original 1973 engineering prototype for what later became the IBM 3340 featured two 30-megabyte volumes; 30—30 became 'Winchester' when somebody noticed the similarity to the ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


Words linked to "Air cushion" :   shock absorber, cushion, shock, compressed air, air spring


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